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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1905
Page
5
Local notes from Crawfordsville and surrounding towns
Jan 2 updates show Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lee visiting Rev. and Mrs. Tenant in Crawfordsville. many residents travel for business to Winfield Washington Burlington and Des Moines. church watch meeting well attended. schools resume after vacation. several locals ill or visiting kin. Jan 3 reports include Davidson in Washington and othersReturning to homes in Knox Ville Muscatine LaHarpe and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
A. G. Lee
Tenant
Burlington
John Strain
Winfield
Bert Daugherty
Washington
C. E
Bert Lemon
Adda Dil
Cedar Falls
Rickey
Harper
H. Manners
T. E. Maxwell
Wapello
M. E. Church
Myrtle Jacobs
Mt. Pleasant
S. W. Neal
J. H. Crooks
A. Davidson
John Hendricks
Knox Ville
Til
W. A. Dodder
J. J. McCall
B. Share
A. Share
Muscatine
Alice Manners
J. L. Cochran
LaHarpe
Kansas
J. B. Martin
W. A. Harper
Chicago
Clyde Fishburn
Nick Roth
Residents return and visit in Washington and nearby towns
Jan 3 notes show J E Freeland and family returning to Douds after visiting relatives. Several travelers arrive in Washington for visits, including Mrs. Timmons, Mrs. W C Nelson, and Mrs. F G Sands. Other residents depart for new homes or travels to Mt. Pleasant and Hiattville Kansas, with several short business trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Freeland
Douds
Mr. Green
Gladwin
Timmons
Washington
C. B. Olds
W. C. Nelson
Lincoln
Nebr
E. W. White
M. L. Olds
G. M. Welch
Hope Livingston
M. J. Henderson
Mr. Welch
J. H. Loos
North English
B. F Martin
Chicago
Jesse Marr
Jas. Clegg
E. R. McBride
J. A. Sherbeck
Hiattville
Kansas
F. G. Sands
C. G. Gloeckner
Mt. Pleasant
C. R. Stearns
Flora Hopengardner
Bessie Emry
Bavaria
8S. L. Sturdivan
Local notes and holiday greetings from Washington Iowa
Jan 3 reports J D Dayton in Keota on business and Asa Reid from Washington visiting. Mentions Mare Harley and Mrs R C Ferguson shopping in Washington and Verne Kerr guests at Walter Boyer home. Notices 10 cent angel food cakes at Johnsons bakery and a ministerial resolutions tribute letter from B Jacobsmeier with Christmas wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Dayton
Keota
Asa Reid
Washington
Mare Harley
R. C. Ferguson
Verne Kerr
Walter Boyer
Ministerial Association
Iowa
W. C. Allen
Ministers’ Association
Ministers Association of
Association
B. Jacobsmeier
Johnson's Bakery
Fire at Academy Causes Smoke Fumes and Forenoon Dismissal
A minor fire broke out at the Academy this morning when a sill near a flue ignited tire shorts. The blaze was quickly extinguished, but the building filled with smoke prompting dismissal for the forenoon to ensure safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Sale of Ira Sickels furniture store in Wayland
The column reports the sale of Ira Sickels' furniture store in Wayland. The buyers plan to move back to the city in about a month and likely build a new home soon. Sickels' property on the Heights was included in the Wayland store sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Sickels
Wayland
the Heights
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Porterville Resident
Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville California endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy claiming it is the best made for colds and pneumonia prevention. The ad notes availability at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman for readers seeking a reliable cold cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Cora Walker
Porterville
California
Stewart’s
Cook & Sherman
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Burning Book sect spreads in Indiana amid arrests
In Munele Indiana on January 3 and Randolph County the Burning Book movement growing among followers who disrupt meetings and claim divine order for jail terms. Leader Miss Tessie Ford, a young woman, has been convicted for disturbing religious meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munele
Ind
Randolph County
Tessie Ford
Tournament of Roses parade lights Pasadena in floral splendor
Pasadena held its seventeenth annual New Year festival with a grand display of flowers under ideal weather. About 60 000 spectators lined the streets as canopy arches and floral decorations adorned major thoroughfares during the Tournament of Roses parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
Hisses for Secretary Hay at Portland Meeting
A public Portland meeting endorsing Roosevelt and Hay to reconvene The Hague tribunal sparked loud opposition led by a seated speaker who claimed Hay acted in Britain's interests. Hisses greeted Hay as supporters pressed four votes to adopt the resolutions. A separate court delay report noted in June Gillespie murder trial proceedings with Mrs. Carrie Barbour testifying again on Gillespie family movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland. Or
Roosevelt
Hay
Hague Tribunal
Aou Nerous
Seociy Hay
Great Britain
Hury
Rising Sun
Tnd. Dan
Congress Eyes Christmas Peace as Race Issue Pauses
Washington notes suggest the race question will rest this session with revival planned for the Fifty-ninth Congress. Hepburn doubts interstate commerce expansion is needed to curb trusts, arguing for restrained regulation. Photography in the Capitol grows common, while New Year uniforms create a grand display in the East Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hepburn
Town
Unnel
Congress
France
Npo
Ivanhoe
Isaac
New York
Submarine Boats Loaded for Russia From Newport News
Newport News Virginia January 3 The remaining two of five Lake submarine boats built at the Newport News shipyards have been loaded aboard the steamship Adria. They are believed to follow the Belgravia route, which carried two Lake boats packed as merchandise from New York across the ocean two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Russia
Belgravia
New York
New York Union Leaders Visit Roosevelt for New Year
John J. Pallas John J Jung and James S rernon members of the board of directors of the National Pattern Makers League all of New York city called on President Roosevelt and wished him a happy New Year and thanked him for favors When he made some changes asked for by the union in three navy yards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Pallas
John J. Jung
James S,rernon
National Pattern Makers’ League
New York City
Roosevelt
Union
Navy Yards
Utah inaugurates first transition of governor between terms
Governor Heber M. Wells, completing two terms, hands over the keys of office to his successor John C. Cutler in a simple inauguration. Both are Republicans. This marks Utah’s first state history of a retiring governor transferring power to a new chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Heber M. Wells
John C. Cutler
Tangier Tribal Chief Bacash Killed in Raid Near Tangier
Tangier Moroccco January 3 Bacash leader of the Ben M sur tribesmen was killed during a raid on a village near Tangier He previously led an attack on the residence of Walter B Harris Tangier correspondent of the London Times on December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Moroccco
Bacash
Ben M'Sur
Walter B. Harris
London Times
Mail Robbery Reported in France Between Chantenges and Prades
Postal authorities report a mail robbery between Chantenges and Prades in France. Seven sacks are missing and are believed to contain a large quantity of important New York mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Chantenges
Prades
New York
Inauguration of New York Governor Franks Way Higgins
Albany on January 3 marked the formal inauguration of Frank Way Higgins as the thirty eighth governor of New York. Elaborate ceremonies proceeded despite a drizzling rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Frank Wayland Higgins
Olean
State of
New York
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